The Yugoslavian national basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Ko?arka?ka reprezentacija Jugoslavije / ?????????? ?????????????? ???????????; Slovene: Jugoslovanska ko?arkarska reprezentanca; Macedonian: ??????????? ?????????????? ?? ???????????); (Bosnian: Ko?arka?ka reprezentacija Jugoslavije) represented Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international basketball matches and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).
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Competitions
At the Summer Olympic Games, Yugoslavia captured one gold medal (1980), took the silver medal on three occasions (1968, 76, 88) and captured the bronze medal once (1984).
At the FIBA World Cup, Yugoslavia captured three gold medals (1970, 1978 and 1990), three silver medals (1963, 1967, 1974) and two bronze medals (1982, 1986).
At the EuroBasket, Yugoslavia captured the gold medal five times (1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991), were silver medalists on five occasions (1961, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1981), and captured the bronze medal four times (1963, 1979, 1987).
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Medals table
Individual awards
- FIBA World Cup MVP
- Ivo Daneu - 1967
- Dragan Ki?anovi? - 1974
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1978
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1986
- Toni Kuko? - 1990
- FIBA EuroBasket MVP
- Radivoj Kora? - 1961
- Kre?imir ?osi? - 1971, 1975
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1977
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1989
- Toni Kuko? - 1991
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
- Radivoj Kora? - 1967
- Ivo Daneu - 1967
- Kre?imir ?osi? - 1970, 1978
- Vinko Jelovac - 1974
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1978
- Dragan Ki?anovi? - 1978, 1982
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1986
- Vlade Divac - 1990
- Toni Kuko? - 1990
- FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
- Kre?imir ?osi? - 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979
- Ivo Daneu - 1969
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1975, 1977, 1981
- Dragan Ki?anovi? - 1979, 1981
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1985, 1989
- ?arko Paspalj - 1989
- Dino Ra?a - 1989
- Vlade Divac - 1991
- Toni Kuko? - 1991
European championships
EuroBasket 1947
Yugoslavia made its European championship debut in EuroBasket 1947, the fifth edition of the tournament. The team placed 13th out of 14 teams in the competition, losing to the Soviet Union and Hungary in the preliminary round, beating the Netherlands but losing to Italy in the semifinal round (placing third in the three-way tie between the teams), and defeating Albania in the 13th/14th classification match.
EuroBasket 1953
Yugoslavia's second appearance was at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. They dropped an early 27-25 decision against Bulgaria but finished at 3-1 in their preliminary group. In the three-way tie-breaker with Bulgaria and Israel, Yugoslavia ended up in second place to advance to the final round. There, they won 3 but lost 4 to take 6th place overall in the 17-team tournament.
EuroBasket 1955
Yugoslavia again advanced to the final round at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest, this time in sole second place with a 3-1 record in the preliminary round pool. Their final round performance was riddled with 6 losses in 7 games, but did include the high point of a 52-49 victory over eventual silver medallist Czechoslovakia on Yugoslavia's way to an 8th-place finish of the 18 entrants.
EuroBasket 1957
Yugoslavia's appearance at the EuroBasket 1957 tournament in Sofia resulted in a 2-1 record for the preliminary round and advancement to the final round robin. There, they proved capable of two wins, defeating Poland and France to finish at 2-5 for 6th place in the tournament.
The dominant years in FIBA competition
The Yugoslav national team of the late 1980s and early 1990s featured what was perhaps the greatest generation in the history of Yugoslav basketball. A common quip about basketball is: "The Americans invented it, the Yugoslavs perfected it." With such players as Dra?en Petrovi?, Vlade Divac, Toni Kuko?, Dino Ra?a, Predrag Danilovi?, ?arko Paspalj and Jure Zdovc the country was responsible for a wave of international NBA players in the 1990s.
Many of the former Yugoslav players of this era were a part of the under-21 national team that won the FIBA World Junior Championships in 1987, defeating the U.S. both in pool play and in the final.
Rosters
For 1992 onwards, as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: see Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team
Player statistics
Notable people
Players
Manager history
- 1947-1950 - Stevica ?olovi?
- 1950-1953 - Neboj?a Popovi?
- 1954-1965 - Aleksandar Nikoli?
- 1965-1972 - Ranko ?eravica
- 1973-1976 - Mirko Novosel
- 1977-1978 - Aleksandar Nikoli?
- 1979 - Petar Skansi
- 1980 - Ranko ?eravica
- 1981 - Bogdan Tanjevi?
- 1982 - Ranko ?eravica
- 1983 - Josip Gjergja
- 1984 - Mirko Novosel
- 1985-1987 - Kre?imir ?osi?
- 1988-1991 - Du?an Ivkovi?
Successor teams
- Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team
- Croatia national basketball team
- Kosovo national basketball team
- Macedonia national basketball team
- Montenegro national basketball team
- Serbia national basketball team
- Slovenia national basketball team
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